Marie-Marguerite GAGNON

(b. abt. 1726 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 January 1814 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite GAGNON was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Marguerite GAGNON was the child of Mathurin GAGNON and Marguerite CHRETIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GAGNON and Charlotte COCHON (maternal) Michel CHRETIEN and Marguerite COEUR dite JOLICOEUR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Marguerite married Joseph LAURENDEAU 23 January 1747 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph LAURENDEAU was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 8 May 1756 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Louis-Joseph LAURENDEAU and Angelique FOURNIER.

Marie-Marguerite married (2) Pierre ROULEAU 10 January 1757 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre ROULEAU was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 24 April 1800 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Guillaume ROULEAU and Cécile GODIN.

Marie-Marguerite GAGNON died 10 January 1814 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.

m. Laurendeau Joseph
m. Rouleau Pierre

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Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Marguerite GAGNON married

Joseph LAURENDEAU-- Date: 23 January 1747 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Joseph LAURENDEAU was the child of Louis-Joseph LAURENDEAU and Angelique FOURNIER

Children of Joseph LAURENDEAU and Marie-Marguerite GAGNON:

Joseph-Marie-Prisque LAURENDEAU (b.11 February 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 28 November 1840, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Anne DRAINVILLE 13 November 1780 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU (b.13 April 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1845, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East)
m. Joseph-Charles BRULE 30 January 1775 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Marguerite GAGNON married

Pierre ROULEAU-- Date: 10 January 1757 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Pierre ROULEAU was the child of Guillaume ROULEAU and Cécile GODIN

Children of Pierre ROULEAU and Marie-Marguerite GAGNON:

Antoine ROULEAU (b.5 December 1759, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1840, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Marie SYLVESTRE 1 February 1796 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite GAGNON and Joseph LAURENDEAU 23 January 1747 , Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie-Prisque LAURENDEAU was born 11 February 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU was born 13 April 1755, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph LAURENDEAU died 8 May 1756 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite GAGNON and Pierre ROULEAU 10 January 1757, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

1759 Birth of Child
Antoine ROULEAU was born 5 December 1759, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU married 30 January 1775, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Joseph-Charles BRULE

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.